Expect snow Christmas Eve, into Christmas Day

25 December 2017

Slow down and use caution while driving.

About an inch or so of snow fell overnight in Wyandotte County, bringing with it frigid temperatures. Expect areas of blowing and drifting snow, with wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour, reduced visibility and drifts, which will make travel hard at times.

Areas north and west of the city will have higher accumulations, with 1 to 3 inches expected. One was on I-70 eastbound near 78th Street, and the other was on northbound I-635 near I-70. Meanwhile, nightly low wills be in the single digits south of Lake Ontario, the Weather Service said.

Snow is on its way for a white Christmas. Sunshine will continue Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the 40's and lows in the 20's. A wind advisory is also in effect until 2 p.m. Christmas Day, with potential gusts of up to 50 miles an hour.

Tonight's low will dip to about 30.

Monday, Christmas Day, it will be mostly cloudy with a high near 32 and a calm wind becoming northeast around 6 miles per hour in the afternoon, the weather service said.

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"In areas where the precipitation has ended, any wet or untreated roads may re-freeze before temperatures climb above freezing later this morning", according to the weather service.

Wednesday, the high will be near 23 with partly sunny skies, the weather service said. Arctic air will sweep into the area in the wake of the snow bringing the city it coldest weather since last December.